A placebo-controlled study says no.
Many studies have indicated that antibiotics are wildly overprescribed for sinusitis (JW Gen Med Jan 31 2012). However, randomized trials on the utility of these medications have had confli...
Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD), a leading global medical technology company and NABH (National Accreditation Board for Hospitals & Healthcare Providers), a constituent body under the Quality Council of India (QCI), have joined hands together to launch the infection control programme. The collaboration, following a Memorandum of Understand...
After the efforts to mainstream of Ayush with other health facilities under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) failed to ensure desired results, the Department of Ayush has now sought Rs.10,160 crore to be placed under its disposal during the next five year plan.
With the present system ...
The Department of Ayush is looking for Rs.450 crore under the scheme of hospitals and dispensaries during the next five-year plan period to complete the works initiated in the current plan period and to set up new hospitals and dispensaries for Indian systems of medicine.
The department was given Rs.162.80 cro...
The National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), the Union government’s flagship scheme to improve healthcare services in rural areas, is likely to be extended by five year, as per reliable sources.
It was launched in 2005 as a seven-year programme. But with many of its goals yet to be achieved, th...
Professor BM Hegde Hindu daily open page
The present Randomised Controlled Trials and linear relations help generate billions of dollars in chemical therapeutics even if that results in thousands dying of our efforts directly or indirectly. (search.barnesandnoble.com/Death-by- M...
BHOPAL: The number of homeopaths, who managed to get jobs in the Government Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital, Bhopal on the basis of forged documents may go up, claimed the man who blew the lid off the scam.
The police on Friday have registered an FIR against 8 homoeopaths, in...
This breakthrough report not only affirms that homeopathic treatment is effective, cost-effective and safe – but also that homeopathic treatment should be reimbursed by Switzerland's national health insurance programme.
The most comprehensive governmental report ever writt...
Swine Flu Vaccinations Narcolepsy Victims in Sweden Launch Compensation Claim.
Families of children in Sweden suffering from narcolepsy caused by vaccination for the swine flu can expect some form of compensation, Swedish health minister Göran Hägglund said on Sunday.
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The bottom line in conventional medicine is the bottom line. Doctors practice with near-impunity for errors of sloth and greed that destroy hundreds of lives every day. Big Pharma spews its poisons, which are then pushed by their cohorts in crime, the doctors—though they would say they’re prescribing. At some point nearly everyone falls under...
By Todd Neale, Senior Staff Writer, MedPage Today
The FDA warned today that use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) -- including popular brands such as Nexium, Prilosec, and Prevacid -- may increase the risk of Clostridium difficile associated diarrhea.
The warning comes after a review of data from the agency's...
Indian delegation from the Departments Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy visited Sri Lanka to identify areas of cooperation
Colombo, 13 February A high powered delegation from Department of Ayurveda, Yoga & Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homeopathy (AYUSH), Ministry of Health & F...
Dr Radhakrishnan nair
Its seems true !!. Swine flue is propaganda by Multinational allopathic pharmaceutical companies to sell their products in India.
1) Swine flue is the disease originated in Mexico Latin America where lar...
Facts and features of viral epidemics in Kerala
Dr.Suja Pillai . Email : sujapillai8@gmail.com Dr.Aji Punnen Email : ajipu...
A leading doctor has warned that the deadly swine flu could become resistant to Tamiflu, the only drug that can treat the virus. Dr Holden, the British Medical Association's lead authority on pandemic flu, cites over-prescription as the reason, reports The Telegraph. The expert, based in Matlock, Derbyshire, said that he thought the thresho...
By Dr. Tilak S. Fernando PhD, MBA, BSc (Hons) Lon.
“Dengue fever (and even chikungunya) is a disease which can be easily prevented to a great extent by homoeopathic prophylactic (preventive) treatment. Empiric treatment has proved the efficacy of homoeopathic prophylaxis. So, what is the Ministry of Indigeno...
PUNJAB Minister for Excise and Taxation Mujtaba Shuja-ur-Rehman has said the government is extending due patronage to allopathic, homeopathic, acupuncture and herbal methods of treatment for providing quality health facilities to the masses.
According to a handout issued on Saturday, the minister said that, on...
In the last 2-3 years, homeopathic medicines were found to be more effective both as a preventive and curative in epidemic fevers of Kerala - like viral fever, chikungunya, dengue, hepatitis etc.
Many of the Govt. homeopathic hospitals and private clinics are packed with patients suffering with various viral f...
Lakhs of people in five districts of Kerala, especially the northern regions, are suffering from viral fever mainly caused by mosquito bite during monsoon season.
Nearly, ten people have died so far in these regions. According to the health reports, more than 1.5 lakh people in five regions are affected in jus...
Pune (PTI): Concerned over the spread of Swine flu cases in the state, Maharashtra government has decided to boost homeopathic research on the H1N1 virus with an initial provision of Rs five lakh.
Announcing the fund for Dhondumama Sathe Homeopathy college here at a workshop on 'Swine flu and homeopathy', stat...
Shivang Swaminarayan
Last week, The Indian Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Ghulam Nabi Azad has announced whistle blower policy to attract involvement of public to provide information on any kind of unlawful activity in the manufacture of drugs.
EDUCATION /Qualification: 1950: Stood first in BA (Hons), Economics, Punjab University, Chandigarh , 1952; Stood first in MA (Economics), Punjab University , Chandigarh , 1954; Wright's Prize for distinguished performance at St John's College, Cambridge, 1955 and 1957; Wrenbury scholar, University of Cambridge , 1957; DPhil ...
Dr A Laxminarayana Rao MBBS, DO MS, MS
Our TV, including the doctors appearing on it - have created a wrong impression about swine flu. It is a new virus. There is no treatment for it. [There is no treatment for common cold either]. [Scientifically, cure means summary disposal...
The human resource minister- Kapil Sibal hoped to start the Meta university by next academic year. The university will come up through national knowledge network programme which already connects major institutes across the country through high-speed fibre-based broadband connectivity.
The unio...
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